"I'd found my feet.
After This Is The Modern World, I thought, 'Am I going to let this slide or fight against it?' My back was against the wall. It was a matter of self-pride."

Paul Weller, reflecting on his mindset between After This Is The Modern World and All Mod Cons in a 1998 interview with Uncut magazine. May 1998.[3]

Following the release of their second album, This Is the Modern World, the Jam undertook a 1978 tour of the US supporting American rock band Blue Öyster Cult. The Jam were not well received on the tour and This Is the Modern World failed to reach the Billboard 200 chart. Under pressure from their record company, Polydor, to deliver a hit record, songwriter Paul Weller was suffering from writer's block when the band returned to the UK.Originals Bayern 2018 adidas Munich Jacket Presentation UCL Grey 2019 4dO4pwq Weller admitted to a lack of interest during the writing/recording process, and had to completely re-record a new set of songs for the album after producer Chris Parry rejected the first batch as being sub-standard.[5]All Mod Cons was more commercially successful than This Is the Modern World.

In his review for NME, Charles Shaar Murray said that the album was "not only several light years ahead of anything they've done before but also the album that's going to catapult the Jam right into the front rank of international rock and roll; one of the handful of truly essential rock albums of the last few years."[17] Dave Schulps of Trouser Press stated that "Diesel Blue 084nl Diesel BUSTER BUSTER Blue BUSTER 084nl Diesel All Mod Cons firmly establishes Paul Weller (and the Jam) as a major talent (and band) for the '80s."[18]

NME ranked All Mod Cons as the second best album of 1978 in its end of year review.[19]

**Neither the title nor lyrics of "English Rose" were printed on the original vinyl release of All Mod Cons due to Weller's feeling that the song's lyrics didn't mean much without the music behind them.